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| Scarecrow Guards Jail Birds in Brazil Prison |
| By Reuters |
| Published: 08/27/2002 |
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A judge on an inspection visit to a Brazilian jail has discovered a straw scarecrow dressed in police uniform on the watchtower 'guarding' some 735 jail birds, police say. The judge removed the scarecrow, which had apparently been manning the watchtower for days, and took it to the court as evidence. Police opened an investigation. 'It is considered a grave breach of security rules,' a police spokesman said on August 23, adding that a prison or police officer should have been on the tower at all times. The Taubate Provisional Detention Centre for prisoners awaiting trial near Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo was opened at the end of last year and has already had one publicized escape via an underground tunnel. Brazil's prison system is plagued with break-outs and violent riots due to extreme overcrowding, lack of funds and poor pay for prison officers. |
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